Quotes from Jason Fried

These half-baked, right-in-the-middle-of-something-else new ideas lead to half-finished, abandoned projects that litter the landscape and zap morale.

Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. Great writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand.

The quickest way to disappointment is to set unreasonable expectations.

Following group chat at work is like being in an all-day meeting with random participants and no agenda. It's completely exhausting.

If you can't fit everything you want to do within 40 hours per week, you need to get better at picking what to do, not work longer hours.

The person with the question needed something and they got it. The person with the answer was doing something else and had to stop. That's rarely a fair trade.

Remember: Deadlines, not dreadlines.

Workaholism is a contagious disease.

Later is where excuses live. Later is where good intentions go to die. Later is a broken back and a bent spirit. Later says "all-nighters are temporary until we've got this figured out." Unlikely. Make the change now.

The scarcity of such face time in remote working situations makes it seem that much more valuable. And as a result, something interesting happens: people don't waste the time. An awareness of scarcity makes them use it wisely.

Stress is passed from organization to employee, from employee to employee, and then from employee to customer.

How should you keep track of what customers want? Don't. Listen, but then forget what people said. Seriously. There's no need for a spreadsheet, database, or filing system. The requests that really matter are the ones you'll hear over and over. After a while, you won't be able to forget them. Your customers will be your memory. They'll keep reminding you. They'll show you which things you truly need to worry about.